Category Archives: Deborah Lippmann

While on a quick lunch time scout yesterday, some Essence polishes caught my eye and seeing as they were only €1.29 each I picked up the three below:

L-R: 67 Make It Golden, 76 Blue Addicted, 72 Time for Romance

These are all from the Colour & Go collection, Essence’s range of quick drying nail polishes.

I decided to give the gold shade a whirl first:﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿

Essence Make It Golden

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Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow

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They certainly look similar to those from the Deborah Lippman collection which retail at a much higher price and can be hard to come by. For example, Make It Golden could be compared to Boom Boom Pow, Blue Addicted is quite similar to the very popular Across The Universe while Time for Romance could be a dupe for Ruby Red Slippers.

I didn’t apply a colour underneath as I wanted to see what it is like alone and how the coverage is so here you go – this is how my nails look after three coats:

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Thankfully this polish is quick drying as I think you definitely need three coats to build up the effect. However, I do think it would benefit from a base coat of something similar to Dior Vernis Haute Coleur Extreme Wear Nail Lacquer in Or Divin which Kirstie reviewed today over on Beaut.ie.